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892244

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the Youth Justice Board to confirm the grant allocations for youth offending services for 2018-19;and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	138347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the important role that local authorities provide to support young people in their journey through the youth justice system.</p><p>We will very shortly be in a position to notify the Youth Justice Board of its overall allocation for 2018/19, who will then grant funds to each Local Authority for the delivery of local youth offending services.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 04/05/2018 13:39:47 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179318

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Shoplifting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of section 22A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	18480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Section 176 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 inserted Section 22A into the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980. Under this provision, shoplifting of goods worth £200 or less is treated as a summary only offence, unless the defendant elects to be tried in the Crown Court. These cases can now be handled as police-led prosecutions.</p><p>Police-led prosecutions were introduced to provide a simpler and more proportionate response to high-volume, low-level offences where the case is uncontested, increasing police discretion to tackle crime in their area, freeing up CPS resource to focus on more complex cases, and generating efficiencies in the criminal justice system. The Ministry of Justice does not maintain statistics on police-led prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 13:02:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1172562

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints his Department has received on the effectiveness of the London Probate Office in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	6598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>In each of the last 5 years London Probate Office has received the following number of complaints about its effectiveness:</p><p>2019 – 106</p><p>2018 – 24</p><p>2017 – 9</p><p>2016 – 10</p><p>2015 – 14</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/01/2020 16:13:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1175696

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 6598, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in complaints his Department has received on the effectiveness of the London Probate Office.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	11442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>London Probate Registry is currently delivering performance in line with expected targets.</p><p> </p><p>During 2019 performance fell below expected standards and as a result there was a rise in complaints over the delays that users experienced. The delays were caused due to a significant spike in work during in the first quarter of 2019 as well as some IT issues as a result of moving to a new system. These problems have been rectified and the system is now performing well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/02/2020 14:49:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

800860

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	902750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Most of our prison estate is uncrowded. However we recognise crowding is an issue and in 2016-17 the average percentage of prisoners in crowded accommodation was 24.5%.</p><p>Our reforms will see us close down and redevelop ageing prisons and deliver high-quality, modern establishments fit for today's demands. Our new prison estate will have up to 10,000 modern prison places that create the physical conditions for Governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitation outcomes.</p><p>Reducing overcrowding is a central aim of the estate modernisation and the new prisons will be designed with this in firmly in mind.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/12/2017 17:34:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1359595

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners for all or part of their custodial sentence have been pregnant in each of the last five years; how many of those prisoners have given birth whilst in custody; how many have given birth at an external hospital; how many have given birth at a HMP facility; how many have given birth at a HMP facility without professional medical support; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	56756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>On 20 September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a new policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, which contains a range of reforms for improving the care of pregnant women. As part of the new policy, we have increased central data collection on self-declared pregnancies in women’s prisons. We will be publishing annual snapshots in the HMPPS Annual Digest. The first publication, covering July 2020-April 2021, shows that on average 26 women self-declared as pregnant each week. During this period, 31 births took place. Out of these, 28 were in hospital, two in transit to hospital, and zero in a prison.</p><p>Women in prison should have access to the same range and quality of healthcare services as they would have access to in the community, including midwifery, obstetric and health visiting services. These services are commissioned through the health sector. Care is driven by individual care plans, including birth plans where women are due to give birth during their time in custody. These are developed by specialist midwives, prison staff and other relevant agencies dependent on individual needs.</p><p>The death of Baby A was a tragedy and a range of steps have been taken to prevent it from happening again. Immediate steps were taken locally at HMP Bronzefield to safeguard women in children, including a review of commissioning arrangements and provision of additional information resources on support services. In addition, measures were put in place in all women’s prisons to ensure immediate estate wide improvements, including free access to local NHS Pregnancy advice services and additional welfare checks for all pregnant women in the third trimester.</p><p> </p><p>Centrally, officials have responded directly to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) recommendations with a comprehensive action plan detailing the work that is underway to address learning. This work is being assured by a Project Board jointly chaired by Executive Director level SROs in HMPPS and NHS England and NHS Improvement, to ensure whole system improvement.</p><p>The new HMPPS policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, published 20 September, forms an important part of our national response to the learning from Baby A. This contains requirements which directly address PPO recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for the independent judiciary. However, we recognise the additional physical, emotional and practical challenges experienced by pregnant women in prison and we are taking steps to ensure sentencing decisions are more informed. Since the publication of the Female Offender Strategy in 2018, we have made improvements to the preparation of pre-sentence reports (PSRs) through a PSR checklist for women and a Pre-Sentence Pilot that includes the targeting of fuller reports for female offenders. These take into account individual circumstances relating to pregnancy and caring responsibilities and the impact that imprisonment has on these.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 56757 56758 question first answered 26/10/2021 12:57:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1359597

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reassessing the requirement for women in their third trimester of pregnancy to be in custody; whether he has made an assessment of the appropriateness of other punitive measures outside of custody for all but violent inmates; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	56758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>On 20 September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a new policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, which contains a range of reforms for improving the care of pregnant women. As part of the new policy, we have increased central data collection on self-declared pregnancies in women’s prisons. We will be publishing annual snapshots in the HMPPS Annual Digest. The first publication, covering July 2020-April 2021, shows that on average 26 women self-declared as pregnant each week. During this period, 31 births took place. Out of these, 28 were in hospital, two in transit to hospital, and zero in a prison.</p><p>Women in prison should have access to the same range and quality of healthcare services as they would have access to in the community, including midwifery, obstetric and health visiting services. These services are commissioned through the health sector. Care is driven by individual care plans, including birth plans where women are due to give birth during their time in custody. These are developed by specialist midwives, prison staff and other relevant agencies dependent on individual needs.</p><p>The death of Baby A was a tragedy and a range of steps have been taken to prevent it from happening again. Immediate steps were taken locally at HMP Bronzefield to safeguard women in children, including a review of commissioning arrangements and provision of additional information resources on support services. In addition, measures were put in place in all women’s prisons to ensure immediate estate wide improvements, including free access to local NHS Pregnancy advice services and additional welfare checks for all pregnant women in the third trimester.</p><p> </p><p>Centrally, officials have responded directly to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) recommendations with a comprehensive action plan detailing the work that is underway to address learning. This work is being assured by a Project Board jointly chaired by Executive Director level SROs in HMPPS and NHS England and NHS Improvement, to ensure whole system improvement.</p><p>The new HMPPS policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, published 20 September, forms an important part of our national response to the learning from Baby A. This contains requirements which directly address PPO recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for the independent judiciary. However, we recognise the additional physical, emotional and practical challenges experienced by pregnant women in prison and we are taking steps to ensure sentencing decisions are more informed. Since the publication of the Female Offender Strategy in 2018, we have made improvements to the preparation of pre-sentence reports (PSRs) through a PSR checklist for women and a Pre-Sentence Pilot that includes the targeting of fuller reports for female offenders. These take into account individual circumstances relating to pregnancy and caring responsibilities and the impact that imprisonment has on these.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 56756 56757 question first answered 26/10/2021 12:57:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1417488

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male prisoners died while in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	113054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics concerning deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. A spreadsheet containing statistics on all deaths in custody, up to December 2021, broken down by category including gender is available, in addition to quarterly bulletins outlining trends at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2021" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes figures concerning the rate of deaths per 1,000 prisoners (based on the average prison population at the end of each month within the 12-month period). Please see section 1.1 of the <em>Deaths in Custody 1978-2021</em> table.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 113055 113056 question first answered 04/02/2022 10:20:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1417489

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female prisoners died while in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	113055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics concerning deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. A spreadsheet containing statistics on all deaths in custody, up to December 2021, broken down by category including gender is available, in addition to quarterly bulletins outlining trends at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2021" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes figures concerning the rate of deaths per 1,000 prisoners (based on the average prison population at the end of each month within the 12-month period). Please see section 1.1 of the <em>Deaths in Custody 1978-2021</em> table.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 113054 113056 question first answered 04/02/2022 10:20:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1417490

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners died while in prisons in England and Wales as a percentage of the total prison population in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	113056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics concerning deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. A spreadsheet containing statistics on all deaths in custody, up to December 2021, broken down by category including gender is available, in addition to quarterly bulletins outlining trends at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2021" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes figures concerning the rate of deaths per 1,000 prisoners (based on the average prison population at the end of each month within the 12-month period). Please see section 1.1 of the <em>Deaths in Custody 1978-2021</em> table.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 113054 113055 question first answered 04/02/2022 10:20:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas